Kuo () is an Mbum language of northern Cameroon and southern Chad.
Distribution Kuo, like Kali, is spoken in scattered areas of the eastern part of Vina department (Mbe and eastern Ngaoundéré communes) and in Mbere department (Meiganga commune) in the Adamawa Region. In the Eastern Region, it is spoken in the northern part of Lom-et-Djerem department (Garoua-Boulaï and Bétaré-Oya communes). It is spoken by 2,975 people.
Phonology + Consonants Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial–velar Glottal Nasal Plosive ⟨kp⟩ ⟨z⟩ ⟨g⟩ ⟨gb⟩ ⟨mb⟩ ⟨nd⟩ ⟨nz⟩ ⟨ŋg⟩ ⟨mgb⟩ Implosive Fricative Approximant ⟨y⟩ Flap/tap ⟨vb⟩ ⟨r⟩
+ Vowels Front Back Close Close-mid Open-mid Open
Orthography + Kuo alphabet a b ɓ d ɗ e ɛ f g gb h i k kp l m mb mgb n nd nz ŋ ŋg o ɔ p r s t u v vb w y z
The tilde (vowel nasalization mark) is written below the vowel letter (a̰, ɛ̰, ḭ, ɔ̰, ṵ). Kuo has 4 tones, written using tone accent (except for mid tone is unwritten): grave (`) for low tone, acute (´) for high tone, and caron (ˇ) for rising tone.
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